“ A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. ”
Speaketh constantly - His testimony abides evermore who repeats simply what he has heard, whether from the lips of men or from the voice within, in contrast with “the false witness.”
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth (m) speaketh constantly. (m) He may boldly testify the truth that he has heard.
Proverbs 21:1 . watercourses: not the natural brooks and wadys of Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia, which could be diverted in any direction at will. Prove...
shall perish. Illustrations: Pashur( Jeremiah 20:4-6 ); Hananiah ( Jeremiah 28:1-4 ; Jeremiah 28:10-17 ); the false prophets ( Jeremiah 29:21 ); Shemaiah ( Jeremiah 29:31 ; Jeremiah 29:32 ); Amaz...
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
But the man that heareth— Dr. Grey would render this, But an obedient or good man will be careful of what he speaks. Houbigant has it, He who hearkeneth to justice shall be victorious in his cau...
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth (i:e., who testifies only to what he himself has heard) spea...
1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon ( Isaiah 58:11 ).
But the man that heareth (carefully, and repeats accurately) speaketh constantly (his testimony will live). — Comp., “he being dead yet speaketh,” Hebrews 11:4 .
CHAPTER 22 WINE "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17 THE Septuagint translation has an interesting addition to the prov...
Verse Proverbs 21:4 . The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud heart, there is sin. All of which is to say that for a man t...
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath. The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse...
A false witness shall perish ,.... As witness he shall perish in his reputation, no credit shall be given him, he shall not be admitted an evidence, or a witness in any cause, being found a false on...
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. Ver. 28. A false witness shall perish. ] See Trapp on " Pro 19:5 " The Scythians had a law that if any man did du...
A false witness Hebrew, עד כזבים, A witness of lies; one who is forward to swear or speak false things, or such things as he hath neither heard nor seen, but devised in his own heart; shall peri...
28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. Here is, 1. The doom of a false witness. He who, for favour to one side or malice to the other, gives...
A false witness, Heb. a witness of lies ; one who is forward to swear or speak false things, or such things as he hath not heard nor learned from others, nor seen, but devised in his own heart. S...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 21:27 . With a wicked mind , literally “ for iniquity , and may refer to a desire to cloak a sinful purpose by an outward show of piety, or an attempt to expiate a sinful...
Proverbs 21:1 . The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will. The allusion is probably to the water-meads and the ditches in the corn fi...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water. We are to think of the little channels used for irrigation. As these are altogether under the...
v. 28. A false witness shall perish, Proverbs 19:5-9 ; but the man that heareth speaketh constantly, being modest and lending a ready ear to instruction, he is able to render reliable testimony...
2 Corinthians 1:17-20 ; 2 Corinthians 4:13 ; Acts 12:15 ; Deuteronomy 19:16-19 ; Exodus 23:1 ; Proverbs 12:19 ; Proverbs 19:5 ; Proverbs 19:9 ; Proverbs 25:18 ; Proverbs 6:19 ; Titus 3:8
Heareth — He witnesses nothing but what he has heard or seen. Constantly — Always affirms the same thing.